Born 10 Feb 1829 in Gjerpen, Telemark, Norway, son of Hans Olsen Marker and Anne Kirstine Mikkelsdatter. Came to America with his parents and three siblings. Came to the Pine Lake settlement in Wisconsin. Married on 7 Oct 1855 to Susanne Marie Halvorsdatter. Civil War: Private. Wounded. Post war: Died at Martell, Wisconsin (before 1907). Sources: (Ulvestad p309) (Naeseth ’47-754)
